vestis Latin · revision 5439

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=Livius Andronicus|origins=ine-pro *wes-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈwɛs.tɪs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈvɛs.tis]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''vestis''' ''f'' (genitive vestis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*westi-|t=clothes]], from the root [[ine-pro|*wes-|t=to be dressed]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan takes it as an independent Latin formation, since [[sa|वस्ति|tr=vastí-]] is attested only late.^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[got|𐍅𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌹|tr=wasti|t=garment]], [[grc|ἕννυμι|tr=hénnumi|t=to clothe]], [[sa|वस्ते|tr=váste|t=wears]] and [[en|wear]].^(Wiktionary)^(OLD 2012) Varro derived it from [[vellus]] “fleece”, because wool was plucked.^(Varro)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Köbler date it from Livius Andronicus, who speaks of dark clothing.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Livius Andronicus 280/260–before 200 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant one's attire or costume, clothing in general, and then cloth used as hangings or coverings, such as the coverlets of couches.^(OLD 2012) ''Vestem mūtāre'' meant to put on mourning.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ In medieval Latin it could mean a tapestry.^(Niermeyer 1976) It survives in [[it|veste]] and [[es|veste]], and Italian ''veste'' passed through French ''veste'' to [[en|vest]] in the 1610s.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) Its derivative [[vestīmentum]] gave [[en|vestment]] about 1200.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 280/260–before 200 BC – Livius Andronicus speaks of dark clothing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus has two people exchanging clothes and names.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1200 – English ''vestment'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1610s – English ''vest'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|Clothing]], dress, attire.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Clothes collectively, (plural) [[m|en|garment]]s.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Cloth, drapery, coverlets.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A [[m|en|tapestry]].^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[vestiō]]

+ * [[vestīmentum]]

+ * [[vestītus]]

+ * [[vestiārius]]

+ * [[trānsvestiō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|vest]]

+ * [[en|vestment]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Döderlein calls ''vestis'' the most general word for clothing, while [[vestīmentum]] can be a single garment, and he contrasts ''vestem mūtāre'' “to go into mourning” with ''vestīmenta mūtāre'' “to change one's clothes”.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}